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Taking stock of the election results with a new Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/charlesm...

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Here we go. Labour on the way to total destruction. This isn't only going to hurt Labour and lay the groundwork for more Reform victories, it will also lead to more redundancies in higher education. Complete MORONS. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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The Reform UK landslide was totally predictable. Farage seems to think this is a vote for cutting government waste. I doubt it is. People are just fed up with austerity and the rise in the cost of living.

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I never thought I'd see the day when someone who ran for the American presidency quotes Adorno. youtu.be/IrJPfGOTjd0?...

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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

submitted 25 days ago • 1103 comments

"Giving farmers greater opportunities to draw on their knowledge and experiences encourages better environmental results than conventional farming incentives" - by Charles Masquelier, Carolyn Petersen and Matt Lobley from @crpr-exeter.bsky.social theconversation.com/when-farmers...

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Smashed it. Elon Musk-backed judge loses Wisconsin race as liberals surge - on.ft.com/4lhMCW0 via @FT

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Collaboration between farmers and scientists holds the key to effective nature recovery. Here's why we think so. theconversation.com/when-farmers...

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Le Pen may now be ineligible for 5 years, but she was never the star of the party. Jordan Bardella is one key reason for the party's recent electoral success. Sadly I don't think the ruling will make much of a difference to the French political landscape.

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If you have a stake in higher education - faculty, staff, admin, alum, etc - consider signing our public statement affirming the values of education and diversity, and calling on university leaders to step up. It's at bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd. Or look for others at WeAreHigherEd.org

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We're hiring! Lecturer in Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence and Data). Deadline for applications: 17th April 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML775/l... #philsky #philmind #cogsci #philsci

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

submitted 38 days ago • 53 comments

This is what fascism looks like, folks

submitted 38 days ago • 158 comments

Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK

submitted 39 days ago • 143 comments

BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.

submitted 43 days ago • 1562 comments

The government could totally avoid doing this. It can change the fiscal rules. It simply chooses not to. This is austerity plain and simple. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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When voters see it makes no difference to have a leftwing or rightwing government, they choose the far right. Starmer seems to be doing everything he can to push voters that way. He only has to look across the Channel to know what will ensue. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

submitted 54 days ago • 214 comments

What, in the name of all that is leftwing, is the point of Keir Starmer?

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

William Morris would have been 191 years old later this month. The 'Artichoke' Embroidery pattern was designed by him for Ada Phoebe Godman, of Smeaton Manor in North Yorkshire in 1877. This was at the same time the house was being built to a design by Philip Webb.

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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

submitted 58 days ago • 1207 comments

Bullies prey on the weak. This is bullying at its peak - and Trump was not the only bully in the room.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit

submitted 66 days ago • 188 comments

Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today. So ditch the Post and support independent journalism: Zeteo.com/subscribe

submitted 66 days ago • 447 comments

We are hiring TWO political theorists as well as a PPE position which is open to theorists (focus on history of economic thought) - please apply and circulate! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...

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Wondering about the scare stories of wealthy tax flight based on non-dom tax changes or private school VAT? Our new research explains why the vast majority won’t migrate, and are snobbish about tax havens w/@andy-summers.bsky.social Emma Taylor,Victoria Gronwald academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

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We are hiring. Two posts. One theoretical . . . www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/107905-...

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Open letter in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and condemning the latest attempt to silence her — please sign & share docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Vision-less, misguided, and clueless. youtu.be/zLDL4YDE47M?...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

This is what happened yesterday during a DOGE-related committee hearing on Capitol Hill. Yet another example of the abject rhetoric spreading in key Republican circles. Equally terrifying is how weak the opposition to this rhetoric appears to be. Credit to Connolly though. youtu.be/FG9NiYFStqg?...

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How can we trace same-sex relationships in rural archives, when love letters were heavily euphemistic or burned after reading? For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

submitted 87 days ago • 12 comments

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

submitted 91 days ago • 905 comments

Watching this on repeat how is your day going?

submitted 92 days ago • 1974 comments

New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation. “Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”

submitted 92 days ago • 73 comments

My book is finally available in paperback. You can check it out here: Bristol University Press | Intersectional Socialism - A Utopia for Radical Interdependence, By Charles Masquelier search.app/VtPKDaJNwvzP...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Dans son nouveau livre, l'historien canadien Quinn Slobodian nous alerte sur la vague ultralibérale qui est sur le point de submerger les Etats-Unis, et le reste du monde par extension. L'UE doit montrer les dents, estime t-il. Entretien :

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New article. In this piece, we highlight the importance of designing agri-environment schemes (AES) with clear and measurable targets and aligning those with an understanding of how land managers interact with nature. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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With tax breaks for the richest, austerity politics, a generalised contempt towards French citizens and a surprise parliamentary election, Macron did everything he could to allow the far right to rise to power.

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

A brilliant documentary on what the concentration of wealth and power mean for democracy - with Noam Chomsky. youtu.be/WEnv5I8Aq4I?...

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Accepting gifts while warning everyone that things will get tougher: I don't think the current Labour government could do better to enable a far right party to gain popularity.

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Here's my introduction to the forthcoming Europen Social Theory special issue on theorising contemporary capitalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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It's become quite apparent that the French president is doing everything he can to prevent the genuine left from gaining power and, consequently, open the door for an eventual far right victory at the next election.

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Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. What did corporations do with the money saved? They didn’t invest it or raise wages. They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect. Nothing trickled down to workers.

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Today let's rejoice. But if Starmer wants to hold the rise of the far right in check, he will need to adopt redistributive policies that will make a clear difference to the lives of workers. There is no center in politics. Pretending there is one drives people to vote for the far right.

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